Portable shade for cotton-pickers



No. 620,!09. Patented Feb. 28, I899. M. M. DOWNER. PORTABLE SHADE FORCOTTON PIGKEBS.

(Application filed Tan. 21; 1898.)

2 Sheats-8heet I.

'(No Model.)

Wifgzsszs THE NORRIS wzrcns cu wmnoumoq wnsummou. uv c,

No. 620,l09. Patented Feb. 28, [899. M. M. DOWNER. PORTABLE SHADE FURCOTTON PIGKEBS.

(Application filed Jan. 213898.

2 Sheets8heet 2.

wNv

(No Model.)

' nummmmm Wifgzsszs Mm 1 3 y y we nonms Perms 00 mom-Lima, WASHINGTON uc.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MATTHEW MARDOYOUR DOWNER, OF JONESVILLE, TEXAS.

PORTABLE SHADE FOR COTTON-PICKER S.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 620,109, dated February28, 1899.

Application filed January 21, 1898. Serial No. 667,458- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATTHEW MARDOYOUR DOWNER, acitizen of the UnitedStates, residing at J onesville, in the county of Harrison and State ofTexas, have invented a new and useful Portable Shade for Cotton-Pickers,&c., of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in portable shades forcotton-pickers.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofsunshades and to provide for cotton-pickers and the like a simple andinexpensive one which will be adapted to be moved backward or forward toshield the pickers and which will be capable of adjustment to adaptitself to the width of the rows.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a portable shadeconstructed in accordance with this invention, the canopy being brokenaway to show the construction of the supporting devices. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional View. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates a substantially rectangular canopy-supporting framecomposed of end pieces 2, side rods 3, and longitudinal bars 4 and 5,located at the center of the frame and at points between the same andthe sides thereof. The ends 2 have slightly-curved upper edges to archthe canopy or cover 6,which may be constructed of "any suitablematerial. The rods 3 connect the terminals of the ends 2 of the frame,and the latter is supported near its center by a transverse bar 7, whichis arched similar to the ends 2.

The frame and canopy are supported by a front caster-wheel 8 and rearside wheels 9, the latter being adjustable by means hereinafterdescribed to vary the distance between them and adapt the shade to thewidth of the rows. The caster-Wheel 8 is journaled betweenrearwardly-extending bars 10 and 11 on a transverse axle or bolt 12, andthe said bars 10 and 11 extend from a vertical standard 13 and arearranged at opposite sides thereof. The upper portion 14 of the standard13 is rounded and journaled in a bearingopening of a block 15, which iscentrally secured between a pair of front transverse bars or sections16, that constitute a front axle. The bars or sections 16,which aresecured to the longitudinal bars 4 and 5 and the side rods 3 similar tothe ends 2, are provided with central enlargements, between which theblock 15 is arranged.

A horizontal disk or plate 17 is secured to the lower face of the blockat the lower edges of the enlargements l8, and a corresponding plate ordisk 19 is mounted on the standard at the shoulder formed by the reducedor rounded upper portion to form a fifth-wheel. The caster-wheel, whichis provided with a handle 20, is adapted to turn freely with thestandard, so that the shade may be moved in any direction. The handle 20extends forward from the standard and enables the shade to beconveniently drawn or pushed along in either direction.

The side wheels are journaled on vertical standards 21, provided attheir upper ends with horizontal arms 22 and supported bytransversely-disposed inclined braces 23. The arms, which extend inwardfrom the upper ends of the standards 21, are arranged against the innerface of one of a pair of transverse bars or sections 24, whichconstitute a rear axle. The inclined braces 23 extend from the innerends of the arms 22 to the standards at a point above the side wheels,and the arms 22 are perforated to receive fastening devices 25, whichconnect the rear transverse bars or sections 24, and have sleeves 26disposed on them and interposed between the front one of the rear barsor sections 24 and the arms 22 for holding the said arms against therear one of the bars or sections 24.

The bars or sections 24 are provided with perforations 27' for thereception of the fastening devices and to permit the standards to beadjusted for varying the distance between the side wheels. The standards21 are also supported by inclined rearwardly-extending braces 28,extending from the axles or bearings of the side Wheels, at the innerfaces thereof, to the rear end piece 2 of the frame. The axles orjournals of the side wheels connect the lower ends of the standards andthe braces 28 and may consist of bolts or be constructed in any suitablemanner.

A bag or receptacle 29 is swung from the top of the frame by means ofsuspendinglinks 30 and is situated in the space between the front andrear wheels. These links are provided at each end with hooks, preferablyarranged on opposite sides of the link, and these hooks respectivelyengage the sides of the bag about its mouth and pass through suitableopenings provided in the longitudinal bars 4 and the transverse bars 7and 24. By this arrangement the links may be readily attached to anddetached from either the bag or the frame, whereby an empty bag may besubstituted for a filled one or for any other desired purpose, and,furthermore, the bag is loosely suspended to permit of the pickerpushing or moving it aside in order that he may pass between thecaster-wheel and the bag or whenever it becomes necessary to more it outof its normal position without the necessity of removin git entirelyfrom the frame.

The invention has the following advantages: The portable sunshade, whichis adapted for pickers of cotton, berries, and the like, is simple andcomparatively inexpensive in construction and capable of readyadjustment to adapt it to the width of the rows. It may be readily movedbackward or forward, and it is capable of supporting a bag or otherreceptacle for cotton or other substance picked.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificin g any ofthe advantages of this invention.

Vhat I claim isl. A device of the class described, com prising a frame,a canopy permanently mounted on the frame, a swiveled caster-wheellocated near one end of the frame, and the side wheels located near theotherend of the frame and adjustably connected with the same and adaptcdto be moved to and from each other to suit the width of rows Withoutvarying the size of the frame, substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described comprising a frame, a canopy or coversupported by the frame, side wheels supporting the rear portion of theframe, the front axle composed of transverse bars or sections, a blockcentral] y secured between the transverse bars or sections of the frontaxle, a disk or plate arranged at the lower face of the block, acaster-wheel having a standard journaled at its upper portion in thebearing-opening of the block, and a disk or plate mounted on thestandard and bearing against the said disk or plate to form afifth-wheel, substantially as described.

3. A device of the class described comprising a frame having a canopy orcover, a rear axle mounted on the frame and composed of transverse barsor sections provided with perforations, standards located at oppositesides of the frame, fastening devices passing through perforations ofthe standards and the rear axle and adj ustably connecting the parts,and side wheels journaled on the standards, substantially as described.

4. A device of the class described comprising a frame, a canopy orcover, the rear axle composed of transverse bars secured to the frame,standards located at opposite sides of the frame and provided at theirupper ends with arms, transverse braces disposed at an inclination andconnecting the inner ends of the arms with the central portions of thestandards, fastening devices passing through the arms and the rear axleand adjustably connecting the parts, and spacing-sleeves disposed on thefastening devices and holding the arms against one of the transversebars of the rear axle, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MATTHEW lllAltDOlOUlt DOlYNER.

\Vitnesses:

PHIL HoLooMBE, Sr., E. C. JEFFERSON.

